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Brave 'Bug' Leaks Users' Dark Web Browsing Data

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Brave ‘Bug’ Leaks Users’ Dark Web Browsing Data

Brave, the privacy-oriented internet browser, has been accidentally leaking users’ browsing data due to a bug in its Tor mode code. “The Hash” panel weighs in on what happened...

Brave 'Bug' Leaks Users' Dark Web Browsing Data

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Feb 23, 2021 at 12:21 a.m. UTC

Feb 23, 2021

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Tech

Brave Browser Was Exposing Addresses in Tor Mode for Months

Not only were .onion domain requests observable but so were all domains in Tor tabs. And they had been for months.

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By Benjamin Powers

Feb 22, 2021 at 8:32 p.m. UTC

Feb 22, 2021

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Bitcoin Core’s Latest Release Is Out: Here’s What’s in It

These new features don’t grab headlines every day, but the improvements they make to the Bitcoin network’s privacy, tooling and complex transaction logic are building a strong...

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By Colin Harper

Jan 14, 2021 at 9:57 p.m. UTC

Jan 14, 2021

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Tor Developers Pursuing ‘Anonymous Tokens’ to Stop Hacks and DoS Attacks

Tokens could be included in a users traffic request, which would allow websites accessible through the Tor network to “intelligently prioritize which requests it answers.”

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By Benjamin Powers

Nov 18, 2020 at 10:58 p.m. UTC

Nov 18, 2020

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Tor Project Launches Membership Program to Boost Agility, Funds

After laying off a third of its staff in April, the project is looking for ways to increase the “diversity of funds" in its budget.

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By Benjamin Powers

Aug 31, 2020 at 9:32 p.m. UTC

Aug 31, 2020

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Finance

Binance Labs Leads $1M Seed Round in Crypto Tor Alternative HOPR

Binance Labs, the seed funding arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made its first investment of 2020, backing privacy startup HOPR.

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Jul 9, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 9, 2020

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Tech

Start9 Labs Pitches a Private At-Home Server. And It Works

Start9 Labs’ Embassy server sets up its own private internet network and comes with its own operating system. We tried it.

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By Benjamin Powers

Jul 8, 2020 at 4:52 p.m. UTC

Jul 8, 2020

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Fake Tor Browser Has Been Spying, Stealing Bitcoin 'For Years'

Hackers have been distributing a compromised version of the official Tor Browser that's packed with malware designed to steal bitcoin.

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By Daniel Palmer

Oct 18, 2019 at 12:03 p.m. UTC

Oct 18, 2019

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Tor Makes Launching Bitcoin Lightning Nodes Easier for Users, Casa Finds

Casa CTO Jameson Lopp explained how Tor leapfrogs some of the thorny networking hurdles that come with setting up a node.

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By Alyssa Hertig

May 13, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

May 13, 2019

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This Binance Labs-Backed Crypto Startup Wants to Anonymize Everything

Nym Technologies, a stealth startup sporting a roster of privacy activists and cryptography experts, plans "to anonymize the world."

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By Rachel-Rose O'Leary

Dec 14, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. UTC

Dec 14, 2018

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